Villa coming down - first photos

Over the weekend we started taking the villa down.  The only real problem was the noise the rusty nails made being dragged out of the wooded beams - and on a Sunday!  We had to stop because of that in the end.

 Under the pitched part of the roof was a good strong ceiling which we could/can stand on to get at the battens and rafters.

With all the tiles off, its easy to see what a reasonable state the wooden part of the roof was in underneath.

 We took the river-side tiles off first.  With that done, it still looks like we hadn't started.

 All the tiles off, battens still in place.

Battens removed and the first of the planking over the porch removed.  Next step is to remove the rest of the planking.